Bluegrass Community & Technical College (BCTC) has adopted the following standards of satisfactory progress in order to comply with this federal requirement . Student Aid enrollment status for payment purposes will be established at the close of the 7 th calendar day beginning with the first day of class, including weekends but not holidays, or upon file completion whichever is later. Students should register for all sessions of a term at the beginning of the term for their classes to be considered for student aid payment. Courses added after this date will not considered for enrollment for student aid purposes but will be counted as attempted for quantitative progress. Federal Regulations mandate calculation of enrollment for payment may be made only once a semester. These standards are for financial aid purposes only and neither replaces nor overrides BCTC academic policies.
- A student is required to complete sixty-seven percent (67%) of all cumulative credits attempted, as expressed by the number of hours successfully completed divided by the number of hours attempted. Successful completion would be grades of A, B, C, D, or Pass; unsuccessful grades would be E, F, W, Z or Incomplete. *See table below
- Students will be expected to maintain the minimum academic standards. BCTC uses a 4-point scale for Grade Point Average ( GPA) and requires students to have a 2.0 grade point average after each measured term. (Measured terms are as follows: each semester for certificate programs, students on probation and students who do not meet one or more of the three standards and each spring for diploma and degree programs).
- Students are expected to complete their degree/diploma/certificate program within a Maximum Time Frame ( MTF) of 150% of the required number of credit hours to graduate. e.g., programs requiring 72 credits will have a 108 credit maximum.
Re-Establishing Satisfactory Academic Progress
A student who is ineligible to receive financial aid because of failure to meet the standards of satisfactory academic progress may re-establish his/her eligibility by enrolling at his/her expense and meeting the aforementioned standards. Classes taken at other colleges outside the KCTCS System will not be taken into consideration for the purpose of reinstatement.
Right to Appeal
A student determined ineligible to receive financial aid for failure to meet the standards of satisfactory academic progress may submit an appeal in writing to the BCTC Financial Aid Office. This written appeal must be received in the Financial Aid Office at least one month prior to the enrollment period.
*Table of Hour Requirements
Hours Attempted | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
Required Hours | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
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Hours Attempted | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 |
Required Hours | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 21 |
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Hours Attempted | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 |
Required Hours | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 31 |
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Hours Attempted | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 |
Required Hours | 32 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
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Hours Attempted | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 |
Required Hours | 42 | 43 | 44 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 50 | 51 | 52 |
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Hours Attempted | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | | |
Required Hours | 52 | 53 | 54 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 60 | | |
